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How a 'feminist' foreign policy would change the world

  • Written by Rollie Lal, Associate Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
imageHelping women is an explicit goal of the Biden administration's pandemic relief plan. Does the gender focus extend to the world?Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Biden administration has a woman, Vice President Kamala Harris, in its second-highest position, and 61% of White House appointees are women.

Now, it has declared its intention to “protect...

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